Exclusive Sea View Apartment - Kotor

This one-bedroom apartment sits in Dobrota, just outside Kotor on the Bay of Kotor coast, a short walk from the Church of St. Matthew and roughly 50 metres from the beach. The layout includes a separate bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, a dining area, one bathroom, and two balconies, with views over Bokokotorski Bay. The bedroom has a double bed, and a baby crib can be arranged on request. The apartment comes fully equipped, with a TV and WiFi included in the stay. It is listed here for two guests in one bedroom with one bathroom, though the living-room sofa and fold-out armchair allow the space to sleep more when needed. The waterside setting suits couples and small families who want a quiet base close to the water while staying within easy reach of Kotor's old town and the surrounding bay.

About the area

Dobrota unspools along the water north of Kotor as one long ribbon of stone houses, garden walls and small private piers, and the stretch around the church of St Matthew is among its quieter chapters. St Matthew is one of the two large parish churches Dobrota's sea captains endowed with the profits of their trading voyages, and the houses near it still carry carved balconies and the coats of arms of families who once owned fleets. With the water fifty metres from the door, mornings begin on a flat, glassy bay; bathing is from concrete platforms and ladders rather than sand, which keeps the water deep and clear well into September.

The shoreline road doubles as the neighbourhood's promenade, and locals walk it end to end at dusk. Follow it south and you reach Kotor's Old Town on foot, passing waterside konobas that serve mussels in buzara and whatever came off the boats that morning. Inside the walls, the Cathedral of St Tryphon, the Maritime Museum and the steep climb to San Giovanni fortress fill a day easily, and the cruise crowds drain away by early evening, leaving the squares to residents. Boats leave the town quay for Perast and Our Lady of the Rocks, and the road around the bay reaches Tivat's airport in well under half an hour.